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FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
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THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY
OVER 3,300 MARTIN COUNTY
FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK
. VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 69
W'illiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 2, 1954
ESTABLISHED 1899
9e Peele Has
Thirty Cases In
Tbs CsasSySe^ast
pines and Forfeitures Add
Up To £705 In Three
Hour Session
Judge H. O. Peele handled thir
ty cases in the Martin County Re
order’s Court during a three
hour session Monday. Fines im
osed, plus forfeitures, added up
;o $705. Thirteen of the thirty
ases involved speeding.
The court will not observe next
onday—Labor Day—as a holi
day, it was announced.
Proceedings:
Pleading guilty of assaulting a
female, Robert Price was taxed
with the costs.
Cecil Van Ayers pleaded guilty
of operating a motor vehicle with
out a license and was fined $25,
plus costs.
The case charging Isaac Stevens
with operating a motor vehicle
without a driver's license, was
nol pressed.
In the case in which Raymond
Edward Smith was charged with
allowing a drunken driver to op
erate a car, the court ordered his
$150 bond forfeited.
Charged with drunken driving,
Irving Franklin Bland pleaded not
guilty. Adjudged guilty, he was
fined $100 and taxed with the
costs. He gave notice of appeal to
the superior court and bond was
required in the sum of $200.
Pleading guilty of allowing an
unlicensed driver to operate a
motor vehicle. Turner Harris was
fined $25 and taxed with the
ci >sts.
Morris Reddick, pleading not
guilty of violating the liquor laws,
was adjudged guilty and the court
taxed him with the costs.
The case in which O. K. Har
rison was charged with assaulting
1 a female, was nol prossed.
f Adjudged guilty of bastardy,
James Sanders Simmons was serr
| fenced to the roads for six months.
^ The .court suspended the road
w term upon the payment of' the
f costs and $20 a month for the
support of his child. He is to reap
pear at the end of two years for
further judgment.
Judgment was suspended in the
se in which Mitchell Peterson
as charged with operating a mo
tor vehicle without a driver's li
1 cense.
Charged with violating the liq
i uor laws, Hazel Andrews plead
ed guilty and was fined $50, plus
costs.
Pleading innocent, Leonard
♦ Walston was adjudged guilty of
drunken driving and the court
fined him $100, plus costs. He
loses his operator’s license for a
fear.
Grover Williams was found not
guilty of assaulting a female.
Pleading guilty of assaulting a
female, William A. Biggs was sen
tenced to the roads for 60 days
and taxed with the costs. The road
term is to begin at the direction
of the court at anytime within
the next two years.
Charged with drunken driving,
(Continued on page eistiti
Arrest Mao For
Deadly Assault
Hosea Gordon, 29-year-old ’
! worker at the new plant of the ■
1 Coastal Lumber Company, was'
l arrested here this week for an al-1
I lcged deadly weapon assault.
Gordon accused other workers
at the plant of robbing him of $40
' last Saturday. Sunday night he
went to one of the shanties* on the
! property and fired a load of gun
shut through tue weather board
• ing. The load of shot went into a
.math-ess. inches below_the head |
(of the intended vict* JWt'iio“frasT
sleeping there.
Gordon is being held in the
county jail following his arrest
! by the sheriff’s department. He
will be tried in the county court
e next Monday for an assault with
!u deadly weapon.
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! Bakery Open» New Retail
| Outlet Here Thin Week
Its products growing in de
■mand, Morton's Bakery this week j
* opened a new retail outlet in the
, Flat Iron or Williamston Hard
ware Company building on Wash
ington Street. The bakery will
I continue operations in its plant
near Peel's market farther out on
I Washington Street.
I:
Annual Membership Drive
•'-Meelite* in the ftgstctttote
building Tuesday afternoon, of
ficials of the Martin County Farm
Bureau mapped tentative plans
for advancing the organization's
annual membership drive. In the
absence of President C. L. Dan
iel, who is recovering from a
heart attack at his home over in
Williams Township, Vice Presi
dent Sam Everett of Roberson
ville presided. Other representa
tives attending the meeting were
Mayo Hardison, secretary, Reuben
Everett and Sidney Mallory.
The group set apart, Wednes
day, September 15, as Farm Bu
reau Day in Martin County, and
nearly one hundred canvassers
are expected to carry the mem
bership appeal into every nook
and comer in the ten townships
that day.
xrmabcx&lfcer
drive are to be formulated at a
meeting of officials and canvas
sers in Williamston on Friday
evening of next we£k. Field Rep
resentative William Little is to
attend the meeting and outline
general plans being formulated
for similar drives in the other
ninety-nine counties in the State.
Martin County, holding a lead
ing position in the support and
work of the State Farm Bureau
organization, is being asked to
sign up approximately two thou
sand members for 1955.
It was stated that all the old
canvassers are being asked to
help with the membership drive,
that quite a few others had vol
unteered their service in advanc
ing the membership appeal.
ROUTINE !
__/
Only routine busiiyss is be
ing scheduled for considera
tion at the regular meeting of
the county and town boards of
commissioners next Monday,
Messrs. J. Sam Getsinger and
C. M. Cobbs, clerks to the re
spective boards, announced
today.
The members of the two
boards are foregoing the holi
day feature of Labor Day and
will hold their monthly meet
ing| as usual, the county
group meeting that morning,
and the town board meeting
that evening.
Officers Conduct
Raids In County
Searching the woods in this
county and several homes, liquor!
law t-isIririxmcai ■ eiJittrs■■■ -- lastj
week wrecked four illicit liquor j
distilleries and cited tw.o persons!
to the coqrt for possessing illicit;
liquor. I
One of the stills was wiecked
near Stingy Point in Hamilton
Townsip. The plant was equipped
with an oil drum still and had 150
gallons of mash on hand
Two plants were wrecked in
Bear Grass Township. One was
equipped with an oil drum. The
officers poured out 100 gallons of
mash. The other plant was equip
ped with a tin still with a copper
top. No beer or mash was on hand.
The plant found and destroyed
near Williamston was equipped
with an oil drum still and had
lour barrels of mash on hand.
The raids were made by Offic
ers Cecil Bullock, Garland Bunt
ing and Roy Peel.
Saturday night, the officers
raided the home of Lazarus Wil
liams on Williamston's East Main
Street and found only one-half
pint of white liquor on hand. The
other home raid was made in Oak
City where they found Geneva
Bellamy with a quart of illicit
liquor on hadn. A big fish fry was
in progress there. Williams is
booked for trial next Monday, and |
the Bellamy woman is to have her
day in court on the 13th.
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Fire Prevention
Club Talk Topic
Speaking to members of the1
Rotary Club in their regular,
meeting at the Switch Tuesday
noon, James H. Robertson, repre
sentative of the New York Un
derwriters and a member of the |
North Carolina Stock Fire Insiir-'
ance Field Club, stressed fire pre
vention and urged the club to co
operate in advancing fire preven-1
tion during Fire Prevention
^veeK*‘ijrtoCtu**5%ir,*'l*k
Mr. Robertson showed a film|
of the $50 million fire at Texas j
City, and briefly reviewed the!
daily fire losses in the nation. On
an average, 8,000 homes are de
stroyed by fire each day in the
nation. Mon? than 5,000 people,
mny children under five years of
age, lost their lives in fires last
year.
The North Carolina Club, Mr.
Robertson explained, will furn
ish literature for a check of fire
hazards and he urged the club
members and other organizations
to promote aii inventory in homes
and business houses. He also ex
plained that the club would send
field inspectors to the town free
of charge r
Marriages Hold
To Low Figure
During August
Imuuncr Smallest For Any
August In Thr Past
Ten Years
Maybe it was the extremely
warm weather or maybe Cupid
declared a holiday. Anyway, there
were fewer marriages last month
in this county than in any other
August during the past ten years,
according to information coming
from the office of Register of
Deeds J. Sam Getsinger.
For the second time this year
the number of licenses going to
colored couples did not exceed
the number issued to white cou
ples. The licenses were evilly di
vided, sh and six. In July the
count was three for the whites
and twelve for the colored.
On "aii "aVIfigr,"W«8ISr isaarfl**
age licenses were issued '.'during
the month of August over the
past ten years.
Licenses were issued last month
to the following.
White
Howard Tilmon Simpson and
Jean Ange, both of Jamesville.
John Ward Perry of Williams
ton and Ethel Ann House of Rob
ersonville.
Carl B. Gardner of RFD 1, Wil
(Continued on Page Eight)
Loral Boy Grin On irk
Promotion In The Army
Volunteering for service in the
army three weeks ago, Don Par
sons, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. T.
Parsons of Williamston, (his week
was promoted to sergeant. Fol
lowing a few days’ stay at Fort
Jackson, he was stationed at
Camp Gordon, Georgia.
WeaHiEi'Itevkw
In This Section
Foe-Past Month
Hard To Believe Mereury al
55 Degrees Any Time
During August
'The heat was turned on in fuP
force during the greater part of
August, but the obstinate heat
| wave was dented now and then by
| rain. While no such relief was felt
i outwardly, the official records
; kept by Bridgekeeper Hugh
1 Spruill shows the mercury fell to
■ a low of 55’ degrees on August
1 12. Many who were around on the
26th were positive the mercury
scooted beyond the 100 mark, but
the best Mr Spruill could do was
record a reading of 98 degrees
I that day, and that was the high
■ est point reached by the mercury
here during the past month.
The 6.19 inches of rain were
slightly more than three-quarters
of an inch above the 5.40-inch
normal for August. Rain fell on
ten of the 31 days, the 2.24 inches
on the 22nd leading the fall.
The ole Roanoke maintained a
! fairly even flow during the period,
its level varying less than two
feet, starting out at 5.2 feet on tne
first and reaching a low of 3.3
| feet on the twelfth
The weather data, 'including the
I river gauge readings, as released
I by Mr. Spruill for the month of
] August follows, with the date
|in the first column, the river range
j readings in the second column,
i the maximum temperature read
| ing in the third, minimum tem
! perature reading in the fourth
and the rainfall in the fifth col
umn for each day of the month:
Date
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2.
| 3.
1 »•
I 6.
Li::
! — 9.
i 10.
11.
: 12.
; 12.
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' 15.
10.
I 17.
. 18.
I 19.
I 20.
I 21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
Total
* Indicates Trace Of
River
5.2
4.6
3.9
4.0
4.4
5.0
4.5
4 2
4 2
4.0
5.
3.3
3.4
3.9
3.6
3.8
3.6
3.9
4.5
4 3
4 4
4.6
4.1
3.6
3.9
4.1
4.5
4.6
4.9
4.9
4 0
II
96
94
90
91
97
84
87
91
:-39
90
89
83
88
90
96
97
92
89
97
94
98
88
85
89
94
98
94
93
89
81
86
L
72
68
68
66
65
70
61
59
.. .*•
71
63
55
56
58
68
71
72
71
72
72
70
70
63
61
66
73
70
68
72
70
68
Kain
0
74
.79
0
0
.03
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
.49
0
0
0
0
.08
2.24
0
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0
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6.19
Ham
Clyde Wade Taka*
Over As Director
GreenJKave Band
--
Joseph Griffin Elected As
President Of The Band
Parents Club Here
Closing out their old year with
a big picnic in the ball park where
it was mi vert so that lights could
be turned on as needed, the Wil
liamston High School Band today
begins a new year with a new di
rector, Mr. Clyde Wade, of Rox
boro, in charge.
Tlie Williamston Band Parents
Club got their new year off to a
good start with the election of
new officers and the launching of
plans for the annual financial
drive and tag day.
Succeeding Hildreth Mobley as
president is Joseph Griffin. The
other officers include: V. J. (Bill)
Spivey as vice president, Mrs. J.
C. White as secretary-treasurer;
T. M. Britton, J. Edward Corey,
H. A. Bowen and A. J. Manning as
directors, and Mrs. R. L. (Bob)
Welch as custodian of the scrap
book which now is a couple of
inches thick.
Director Wade was introduced
by President Griffin and Principal
Stewart explained that the new
director is from Hoxboro, a grad
uate of the University of North
Carolina where he worked under
Professor Slocum, and had spent
the past five and a half years as
director of the Reidsville band
and instructor in instrumental
music in the Reidsville city school
system. Director Wade, noting he
was not too much impressed with
Willifemston when he came in as
the hurricane off the coast was
creating rain and wind storms in
this area, declared he had come to
like the place and the people and
was pleased with everything here.
He expressed confidence in the
future of the band program here
and asked the cooperation of ali.
the club and dnectors of the club
(Continued on- Page Eight)
IVVIUDK
r
The Martin Tractor and
Truck Company Is completing
plans with the manufacturers
for an extensive parade of In
ternational trucks in Wll
liamston within the near fu
ture, Mr. Laurence Kason l-.il
ley, company representative,
said this week.
The caravan is made up of
just about all kinds of trucks
—fire trucks, bookmobiles,
pick-ups and one with the
hood standing six feet off the
ground.
Dates for the parade will be
announced early next week.
Civil War Diary of Docton Warren Bagley
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Installment 7
(With more than one hundred
of its finest young men off at
war, Williamston citizens, three
days after the departure of the
volunteers for Hatteras, formed
special committee, Mr. Bagley
points out in his diary in the cur
rent installment).
May, 1861. The board of Com
missioners for the town of Wil
liamston, in meeting on the 23rd
day of May, made the following
order, viz.:
At a meeting of the board of
town commissioners held on the
night of the 23rd, instant, at the
counting room of C. B. Hassell.
D. W. Bagley, W. B. Lanier,
William A. Weathersbee, F. A.
Rhodes and W. H. Harrell were
appointed a committee of vigil
ance for the said town of Wil
iL'inston whose . '"Ue'
to have an eye upon all suspect
ed persons and strangers, scruti-i
nizing all such persons coming
into this vicinity and release the.
same or hand them over to the i
proper authorities, according to i
their best discretion, and that
Joseph D. Biggs, Anson J. Mi
zelle and S. R. Spruill are request
ed to act in concert with the.
above committee.
(The order was signed by John j
R. Lanier, clerk, and dated May
24, 1861). ,
A note in the diary reads as fol-1
lows:
“Capt. L. L. Clements with his |
Company B, formed at Hamilton,
passed here 5th, June, 1861, on
their way to Hatteras by steamer j
and transport.”
Apparently there was little cash
in this part of the country even
at the start of the war, for the
barter system was inaugurated on
a fairly extensive scale, Mr. Bag
ley listing every transaction in
detail.
The next six pages of the diary
(pages 88 through 93) carry hund
reds of bookkeeping items. AH of
the entries will not be included,
but a few are listed at random
to show how trade was handled.
The Volunteer Fund had been
given thousands of fish, pork,
bacon and other provisions. In ad
dition to that made available to
the soldiers, then was much
swapping going on back home.
In May, 1881, Dr. Joseph II
Burnett got several bushels of
corn, priced at 85 cents a bushel.
»• j.,;' , fltitNMW-i)
by delivering fish and peas to the
fund treasurer.
Joseph L. ,Biggs drew 3.000
corned herring from the fund’s
store, and paid it back with labor
of his slave, Jack. Thi diary does
not list the hours, but $3 was a 1 - j
lowed for Jack’s work, Biggs pay
ing $15 in cash to balance the
$18 account.
Mrs. J L Knight bought 2,000
corned herring and Mr Knight
paid $18 cash for them.
John Watts bought 25 barrels
of corn and paid cash in the i
amount of $89.33.
James H. Ellison bought 500.
corned herring and balanced the.
account with pork
Peter G. Foster bought 20 bus-1
hels of corn in May, ten barrels
in July and balanced the sum by
State account in the amount of
$22.44, and account of N. Win
gins in the amount of $2.Mi and
$19.21 in cash, making a total of
$45.50.
Other accounts, holding to about
the same figures, were recorded
in the following names:
Henry P. Gibson, Joseph Grit
ffn, John C. Lamb (100 bushels
of corn and a lot of lumber for
the captain’s brother, Wilson),
J A Cherry, Joseph Wynn,
Green Whitaker, Franklin Grif
fin, J. Short, William Rogers, Kli
Everitt, S. Rogers, J. S. Yarn II,
Wm, Turner, Mrs. Nelson, Henry
Everett, Mr. Roanoke Hotel, S.
W. Outterbridge, S A. Andrews,
Jordan Jinkins, W. Matthews, Si
mon Everett, Major Shepherd,
'«»' ■ W- „ v..
Cherry, George Reed, Heseklah
Newsom, William Powell, Eli Has- j
sell, Nim Scott, Joseph Dempsey, i
Edward Wiggins, Larry Bell, Ed-'
win Bell, Henry Scott, Dick Bos
ton, Joseph Scott, Friley Itobason
(It will be well to note the price i
of provisions during 1861 foi com j
paiison with prices for the same
Reins a fev ; eais later)
(On July 1 •!, 18(11, the fund was'
about $1,000 in debt, but the
treasurer apparently was still
paying^bills and carrying on hisl
work).
On July 10, 1801, the treasurer|
paid John R. Lanier $276.18 fori
cloth for Company A. The returni
trip ol free Negroes from Hatterasj
cost the fund $16 50 on July 10 I
An entry on July 11 shows that
$85 w'as paid the steamer, Penn
sylvania fur transporting Com
pany C to Plymouth.
On July 12, 1861, C. B Hassell,
committeeman of the county vol
uneer fund, came up with $1,000
m cash, according to a diary en
try of that date.
On the same day, the treasurer
balanced the bounty account, the
entries reading, as follows:
“By balance of the first bounty,
with the additional sum of $1,50
each to buy shoes for Company
C per captain’s order, $906.50.”
Another < ntry on the same date
reads:
"By this sum paid John Taylor,
paymaster, appointment of Cap
tain for Company C, per receipt]
for second bounty, $810,000.”
Anothei entry of July 12, 1861,
"By this sum paid Capt. Lamb
to take to paymaster Jewett for
balance due Company A for sec
ond bounty, $287.50”
And still another entry in the
treasurer's ledger on the samel
lay:
“This sum advanced Capt.
Rieves for Company C to buy
amp stools, chests, tables, etc,
685.”
Completing his bookkeeping for
he day, Mr. Bag Icy credited C. .
Jolly ori subscription with one
ind one-half bushels of corn, vai
led at 97 cents.
On July 12, 1861, J. H. Thrower
A’as paid $2.50 for work and at
<Continued on Page Cighl) i i
^Pobaccu Sales Near
Three Million Mark
Sales On Market
Here Hold Close
To A Block Daily
Sales This Week Expected
To Push Total for Season
To Three Million Mark
After getting off to a slow start
on account, of the late harvest sea
son. the Williamston Tobacco
Market is now holding sales right
at the one-third million-pound
mark daily. Yesterday’s sale was
the third largest of the year and
record offerings are in prospect
for tomorrow.
So far the market has avoided
a block, but sales are running
right close to the limit. Most far
mers have hardly had time since
completing the harvest to get into
the marketing business on any
large scale. A few farmers, pos
sibly a dozen or two, are still har
vesting their crops. In addition to
the late harvest, the marketing
activities are being delayed by
the farmers themselves. It was
pointed out that many of them
are not rushing their marketing
this year, that they are waiing
and waching market trends.
Official figures could not be
had immediately for yesterday’s
sale, but unofficially they added
up to 303,890 pounds and the price
averaged slightly above $03.00 per
hundred pounds. According 10 the
figures, the market up until this
morning had sold 2,313,138 pounds
for one and one-quarter million
dollars or an average of $04.01.
The unofficial price average
yesterday 03 cents a hundred
pounds higher than the recorded
average for Tuesday.
Tips, running well on the heavy
sale. ,1, < ai,:, 1,11 77,g~o'
in fairly large quantities, and the
Imperial Company is buying hea
vily of those types.; yet, the Sta
bilization Cooperative is getting
no great amount of tobacco, in
cluding tips.
The market, it was pointed out
this week, is adding new custom
ers daily, including a few from
as far away as Virginia. It was
unofficially reported that a load
of Georgia tobacco was sold on
the market here a few days ago.
--
Dentist Thins To Lovutv
Of five llvrv Shortly
-j>—
A second dentist’s office will
be opened here within the near
future, it was reliably learned
this week. Offices are being rear
ranged in the Manning building
for the newcomer, it was learn
ed.
f SURFACING
Th* first asphalt in the
town s quarter million dollar
paving program was laid this
morning with the possibility
that several streets will have
been paved before the day is
spent.
Handling a sub-contract for
the Rea Construction Com
pany of Charlotte, the White
Paving Company of Kinston
and Greenville placed the
first asphalt down on l.ee
Street near Martin General
Hospital..
Thirteen Speed
Cases In Court
Thirteen
speeding eases
were
aired in the county ecu ft Mon
day before Judge H. O Peele.
Fines, ranging from $10 to $50,
added up to $130
James R Bennington of Roan
oke Rapids, eharged with speed
ing 70 miles an hour, pleaded not
guilty. He was adjudged guilty
and the eourt fined him $50, plus
costs.
Charged with speeding 05 miles
an hour and pleading guilty, the
following were fined $10, plus
costs: Robert Taft Kirkman of
Raleigh, Booker Talliffens Lloyd
of Williamston, Thomas Franklin
Johnstone of Asheboro, Julius
David Zachary of Hertford, James
Edwin Curry of Dehue, West Vir
ginia, Robert Paul Brown of Ma
rine Air Station, Miami, and Chris
Combis of Charlotte.
Judgment was suspended upon
the payment of the costs in the
ease in which Alton Win. V.m
-rf i’* vs , ■ ,e.‘ 1 : I J V ■ I1 -.
| was charged witii speeding 70
| miles an hour.
Comer Raymond Brown of
Nt •.-.■nor, New- pf ii.linr guiltv <
S|Jl e(tll»9i^> O.- . ;,.'WT;,}■ •
mile zone, was fined $10, pin;
costs.
Judgment was suspended in tin
ease charging Larry Moore James
Jr , of Farmville, with speeding
50 miles an hour in a 35-mile zone
Butler Given TV
Set By Students
Students and graduates of Wil
liamston High School who were
members of the (Ireen Wave band
during the years Jack F. But lei
served as director literally stun
ned him last evening when they
swarmed into his living room to
present him with a new ItC’A tele
vision receiving set.
While they received some sup
port from older friends and sup
porters of the band, the project
was largely one of and b.v the
students and alumni of the band.
The delivery was made b.v a largy
group of the youngsters who just
about filled the former director
home at the corner of Biggs and
Halifax streets and they reported i
the recipient so overcome with
emotion that he could not say aj
word for a few minutes. Almost in ,
tears, Butler expressed his appre
ciation for the gift and declared
the youngsters had done more for
him than In had or could do tm
them.
Booster Oliicials
Discuss Festival
-y -
Meeting in the organization's
jji'f'iee X'i.i.7. e. directjjraj
of the VVilliainston Monsters dis
cussed plans foi holding the an
nual harvest festival this fall. Just
now it is not certain that a festi
val will be held.
It has been pond -d out that the
costs have increased front year
to year, that the event is getting
to lit a burden rather than an as- I
el The organization, it was learn !
f'd, spent approximately $11,000 m »
promoting the festival last year,
leaving the treasury in a bad way
and with a few bills still unpaid.
Secretary Ed Grady is prepar
ing a detailed report and a com
mittee is expected at a meeting
tomorrow evening to reach a final
decision, favoring or ruling outj
he event for 1954
County Teachers
Hold Meeting In
Hrnry IVIrFadyen Outline*
Six-Point Legislative
Program
Speaking to a county-wide
meeting of school teachers in the
high school auditorium here yes
terday afternoon, Henry McFad
ven, director of research and pub
lic relations, North Carolina Edu
cation Association, outlined a pro
posed six-point legislative pro
gram. Sponsored by the United
Forces for Education, including
the Jaycees, North Carolina Cong
ress of Parents and Teachers, Am
erican Association Education As
sociation, the program is to be
placed before the next General
Assembly for consideration.
Stressing the need for State
funds. Point One in the program
i rails for attendance officers for
i the various school units. Mr. Mc
Fayden pointed out that, on an
! average, 61,000 pupils are absent
each day in the State school sys
' tem, a condition deserving at
tention.
The program outlined bv the
I United Forces would provide sec
| retarial help in the schools, re
i lieving the principal of extra uu
I ties and giving him more time to
I devote tu his regular tasks. The
I program would also provide an
extra teacher for each twenty
teachers, the added teacher to
handle special assignments.
A new salary schedule, rang
ing from $2,600 to $4,1000 for
teachers htfTdmg A certificates,
is also proposed. The maximum
now is $3,400, a frigure reached
after twelve years of ser
only
VICO.
Declaring funds allotted for
lights, heat and supplies and simi
lar items are inadequate, the pro
posed legislative program would
provide sufficient money for ef
A ter.-dav extended employ’
I meat period is provided in the
;■ program, the extra time making
i! po-- ilih for teacher to re*
room Work, contacting parents,
j getting acquainted with their re
\ gular vvoi k and completing and
| handling reports and other de
tails at the close of school.
The meeting, scheduled as a
preliminary event to the open
ing of the schools this afternoon,
was presided over by Mr. John
Roberson, president of the Mar
lin County Unit of the North Ca
rulina Education Association, and
he welcomed the teachers. Fol
lowing a solo by Miss Mary Wal
lace Foy, local public school
music teacher, the Rev. Don Skin
ner led the devotional.
The business session featured
reports by Mrs. Anna J Roebuck,
chairman of the Professional Ser
vices Committee; Mrs. Beatrice
Edmondson, of the Planning Com
mittei Miss Mary Whitley, rep
resenting the county teachers, re
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Local Young Man
Airman Of Month
—«—
A/li' J Herbert Harrell, Jr.,
was named "Airman of the
Mnnth ' over m Korea, it was
announced a few days ago by his
commanding officer.
The young man, two years in
the service, met the rigid require’
ments to gain the honor, the of
ficii explained.
In addition to receiving a squa
dron jacket and getting reliev
ed of all detail work for a period,
Airman Harrell was offered a
week’s trip to Japan. The trip
was rejected when it mterferred
with his return-home schedule. He
home the latter part of next week.
During his stay in Korea he has
been stationed at Kusan. Follow
ing a It ave at home, he is to re
port to Savannah.
O/n'ii Hills On \cii Slor
/ or ( uloninl \vxt If rj'fc
Five bids, submitted by con
tractors in two states, will be
opened here next Monday for the
construction of a new building for
Colonial Stores, corner of Main
and Elm Streets.
The lot has been cleared, and
if the bids are acceptable, con
struction is expected to get under
a/ay within the near future